Viewing pornography is not naturally hazardous to men or females. But I would offer some cautions. There are people who most likely shouldn't see porn, like those with bad body image or those who have been sexually victimized. Depending upon your choice in watching, you can develop impractical expectations about sex or what people like or how you'll be anticipated to "perform." And watching with somebody requires real consent.
When none of these warnings are up, pornography can definitely have benefits. Counselors sometimes recommend it to help people end up being comfy with a specific fantasy they or their partner might have. Porn can reboot a couple's sex life. It can give you ideas, or assist you connect with what turns you on.
Porn can reboot a couple's sex life. It can provide you ideas, or assist you connect with what turns you on. Porn can deliver you there at best, or disgust you at worst. All of it depends upon what you choose to watch. With the availability of pornography online, it's possible to sample enough pornography rapidly that you don't have to find yourself watching wall-to-wall hard-core sex if it's plot driven erotica that interest you. You're just a victim of bad porn if you let yourself be.
And a word about sex or porn dependency. I don't believe in it. Unlike public porn a chemical substance, like opiates, you can't end up being "addicted" to sex or pornography; you can become a compulsive audience. In this case, it's not the pornography that's the problem; it's the compulsive character. If it weren't porn being utilized to act out one's compulsive nature, it might be food or some other behavior.
When it comes to whether it's damaging or beneficial to the performers, let's take women initially. There are some who select to perform because they like sex a lot and they consider it a great method to make money. Then there are those who are drawn to porn as a way of acting out subconscious psychological concerns-- searching for daddy's love or punishment for being a bad lady. For numerous, it's probably a little of each. Even women with the very best mental health will face some disadvantages from this work. Our culture consumes pornography at record numbers, but the ladies who carry out are still judged roughly.
I'm not sure the male entertainers get out totally untouched either. While they may not be evaluated as harshly as the ladies, eventually they're viewed as freaks who make their living with their anatomy. John Holmes's fate is the supreme cautionary tale.
Perhaps if we weren't still so taken in with regret and pity about sex, neither seeing nor performing in these movies would carry the weight it does. But then, maybe we wouldn't be so thinking about them, either. If the fruit were not prohibited, would anyone care to take a bite?